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Africa: Continent Set For Renewable Energy Boom

South Africa’s first commercial wind farm, the Darling wind farm, began generating in May 2008 with four turbines, each producing 1.3 MW By Colin Houghton
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Sir Bani Yas Island – Abu Dhabi – Middle East Report

By Colin Houghton While the Middle East may seem an unlikely place for renewable energy power, given its abundance of fossil fuels, Sir Bani Yas Island,… Read the rest..

Alternative Energy : Achievable Utopia or Fantasyland?

By Colin Houghton In a recent article by Mark Delucchi and Stanford Engineering Professor Mark Jacobson argued that we don’t need nuclear power, coal, or biofuels.… Read the rest..

Innovative Wind Turbine Designs Part II

Continuing our look at non-conventional wind turbines, here is another interesting design. The idea behind this wind turbine was to home in on simplicity: Produce an… Read the rest..

Germany Could Become World Leader In Installed Offshore Wind Capacity By 2015

By Colin Houghton Germany now has over three-quarters of all offshore wind farm-related cable orders. As part of a detailed investigation into power cable installation in… Read the rest..

Canadian Sierra Club Refutes Claims That Wind Turbines Cause Ill-Health

By Colin Houghton During a presentation to the Bruce County Council, in Ontario, Canada, on 1 September, the head of the Sierra Club of Canada said… Read the rest..

Meet MyWindPowerSystem – MWPS at ZeroEmission Rome 2011 from 14th – 16th September 2011

MyWindPowerSystem (MWPS) – The largest Wind Turbine Online Brokers on the Net will be attending this years ZeroEmmission 2011 Exhibition in Rome, Italy between the 14th… Read the rest..

Google Report Shows Clean Energy’s Potential for Positive Impact on U.S. Economy

By Colin Houghton In July, the search engine giant Google acknowledged that the clean energy dilemma is one of the United States’ biggest challenges moving forward,… Read the rest..

The Green Dilemma: Bird casualties from wind turbines

How green are you? You may just want to reduce the carbon emissions through solar and wind power, recycling, and not having bonfires in your yard.… Read the rest..

Alternative Wind Turbine Designs (part 1)

While the most common commercial wind turbine is the “horizontal-spindled three bladed propeller” design, here is a round-up of some of the other types of turbine.… Read the rest..